The Creator has permitted you to use all of His advice for your physical well-being and for all the He has entrusted to you to do in this world in known ways and specific matters, namely, all the mitzvoth — those called for by the intellect, and those that are permitted.

He said to you, “Do not be fooled by all the things I have put into your hands and empowered you to make use of in this world. For they will add nothing to you essential being, nor will they distract from it; they will bring you neither delight nor suffering. They are only things that incidentally affect your body, external or internally. They are not essentials for you; their relation to you is like that of the placenta to the baby or the eggshell to the chick.